Welcome to Justice and Peace of Spain

The Spanish Justice and Peace General Commission is a Catholic Church organization. It was created by the Spanish Bishops’ Conference with the mission of promoting and defending human rights, justice and peace.

Last activities

We, delegates from 21 European Justice & Peace Commissions, came together in Luxembourg from 30 September to 3 October 2016 to fulfil our responsibility to explore the challenges of security facing Europe in dialogue with representatives of politics, the military, EU institutions and civil...

Is security a common good? How to grant security without jeopardising freedom and justice? Which are the responsibilities at stake and what are their implications on developing international relationships, on welcoming refugees who flee from horror and war, on fighting terrorism and, last but not...

1. New roadmap for the EU-Africa Strategy from 2018 to 2020
The European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) will no longer follow the proposal for a new EU-Africa Strategy as initially announced for the 7 September 2016. Instead, the presentation of a roadmap proposal is...

Starting with some considerations from the Catholic Social Teaching regarding trade policy, the following note gives an overview of current EU and global trade policy matters.
A) Catholic Social Teaching and trade
Over the past years, the Holy See and bishops have taken part in the debate on...

Humanitarian needs have increased all over the world. Their scope and diversity has generated a large financing gap. In 2016, assistance will be needed for 90 million people. Two thirds of them are displaced people because of violent conflicts. The other third are victims of natural disasters or...

In recent months and years, media leaks have revealed the shocking extent of systematic tax fraud and aggressive tax avoidance. Tax havens and loopholes in the legislation of many countries are at the origin of this scandal which has the potential to undermine democracy. In particular,...

Economic inequality is increasing and it puts a threat to the social and moral cohesion of European society. Pope Francis has repeated his concern about growing economic inequality on many occasions. In a globalised economy, better international and European cooperation can make taxation fairer and...

Dear friends,
The tragedy of refugees along with the disappointing response of Europe is yet another proof of the lack of commitment shown by our opulent societies facing the suffering of many peoples. The European Governments response is a direct consequence of the public opinion which is...

"In words and deeds. Preaching on its own is not enough. The act of loving and benevolence towards others – both in our own religious community and beyond – should be part of our daily life".
Read Interreligious dialogue in Nigeria